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CORRESPONDENCE.

A STRIKING REMARK,

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE

DAILY PRESS."]

Sin,

HONGKONG

all the countries in which. I have been I have noticed that the Roman.

Catholic Missions or Institutions give every facility to their respective Catholic com munities. They provide priests of every nationality to suit the convenienes of their parishioners, both with regard to Hermons, etc. Catechism Confessions Here, I have observed with regret, that not one Portuguese or, English priest is attached to the local Mission, and, on re- Terring to the letter of your Correspondent

A Portuguese," I find it confirms my statement.

I have also observed thug in the Cathedral most, or the majority of the congregation is composed of Portuguese, with very few of other nationality, and in the little Church opposite the Tramway Station there are mostly British, and yet no

THE IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMY.

HE. THE GOVERNOR'S EXAMPLE,

In order to set an example of domestic econany His Excelleney the Governor has decided that from now until the end of the war the alcoholic beverages consimed at Government House will be limited to light whito wine, light claret, whisky, and beer, and that none of these beverages will be consumed between mesis,

The Hon. Sir Paul Chater, the Mr. D. Landale, and Mr. N. J. have associated themselves with the Prnog in this matter.

COMPANY MEETING.

NEW ENGINEERING

WAR #FINGĦONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY APRIL 1878, 1926.

ARMED TRADERS.

SEA CUSTOM A HUNDRED YEARS. AGO"

NO WAITING TO ATTACK,

The naval correspondent of The Times writes:

By the decision not to recognise the claim of Germany to torpedo armed merobant shops without warning, the United States Government acknowledges the right of trading ships to carry weapons for their own protection.

This attitude is entirely in accordance with American precedent and international Hos.law. It would, however, be most unfair if, Stabb while admitting the principle, such altera

Govtions were made in American harbour rules

AND

STANDARDISED SHIPS. OUTLINES OF SCHEME OF STATE BUILDING.

SUB-DIVISION OF LABOUR.

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In connection with the building of standard ships in the United States, The

me has received particulars of scheme, prepared by a leading owner, for applying the principle to British shipyards and invoking the aid of the State...

ANTIMATIONS

LANE

CRAWFORD &Co.

TELEPHONES 1741-1742,

NEW STOCKS OF

as will deprive this right of the merchant rise in costs, in the way of the completion BROWN

SHIPBUILDING WORKS. A dividend of 18 per cent, was declared at the annual general meeting of the New Engineering & Shipbuilding Works, Ling to be at aces Mr. H. Arnhold (Chairman), pointed out

It is generaly adhuitted, says. The Times, that nothing will so relieve the present as ጀርክ construction. serious position Yet builders and owners are finding it very difficult to come to terms. There are even still serious difficulties, owing to the of mercantile tonnage contracted for and started before the war, and those dificul ties are indicative of those which hinder the asking of new contracts.

In some cases the builders stipulate for very wide prices, offering to accept less coste prove to be less than thứ phaximum they name, and they will guarantes no datea. for delivery. The owners are chary of placing orders when everything is so uncer

ain, and the result is my unsatisfactory

British Chaplain is attached to it. Why that the balance at the credit of profit and engagement which was fought between 16 ranged, by some means, for the completion:

Is it perhaps, because the local Catholic Mission has the exclusive right of having its own countrymen and excluding others of different nationality? Such a thing is quite n' novelty to me and to all, sensible men, and it looks too selfish to be credible.

with

loss account was Tls. 119,714.51 which the Directors proposed to deal follows:-

To pay a dividend of 18 per

cent representing To place to reservo fund To place dividend equalization

fund

Total

It would be better not to have any ser-To foreshore depreciation man at all than for an English priest to To carry forward balance preach in Portuguese, unless he has been properly trained in Portugal, and vice peru. Here, I was told all the priests are Italians and one or two enn speak n lille Portuguese, though not fluently. If such is the case, in my opinion they cannot satisfy the community, hence the com. plaint made by your correspondent with which I quite concur,

Tia

as

The

seamen of its value. Against the latest types of submarine nothing less than a din. gnu cau be of much use. No restrictions were placed upon the quantity or elite of the armament carried by merchantmen of the United States in the past. As it was with the American armed traders, so it was with the commercial ships of other coun- tries. There are also scores of instances in the history of een adventure in which armed

DETAILS OF THE SCHEME, sels and privateers, usually without wait- tradors have offired resistance to war yes-deadlook."

This is where the intervention of the The classical instance of the kind is the State would be of arivantage Having ar East Indiamen, under the command of of tonnage now unfinished, the State could Commodore Nathaniel Dance, of the Com-self place orders for new construction. pany's service, and a French squadron com. The first point in favour of a State pro- posed of one Fine-of-battle ship, three gramine is that for both sentiments) and frigates, and a brig, under Admiral Liucis, financial reasons the men are reluctant to The handle any but Government work. on February 14th, 1804, off Pule Auro. By second reason is that by standardisation. 57.328:20his skilful disposition and combelait atti- the work could be greatly expedited. 6,047.33 tude, the Commodoro deceived his opponent There would obviously be difficulties, if into mistaking the British ships for men-of- the matter were left to private enterprise, 15.000.00 war. Observing that the enemy hesitated in getting owners to agree to a standard 20,000.00 Dance promptly attacked, and this bold specification which would not exist in the 21,438.88 manœuvre had the effect of causing the case of a Government committes including French squadron to withdraw. The rich representative of owners, naval architects, 110.714.51 convoy was thus preserved, and on return-hipbuilders, and engine-builders. The works wore at present fully employeding to England Dance was knighted for his

Generally the hull of a ship can be built and there was every prospect of their con- seurage and resoures The East Indiamen, at the present time more rapidly than the tinuing to be so, The Chairman proceeded: indeed, while perfectly ready to fight, as engines and boilers to go into it. It is essential that we should develop our they so offen did, if necessary, were equally great bulk of the work on the hull inst plant as much as possible at present in prepared to gain their object by a bluff he done in the yard where it is being built, of when possible. In August, 1800, the but it should be perfectly practicable to order to be prepared for the increas work which wo anticipate, when the ter- Exeter, an East Irdiaman, ranged up along.expedite work on the engines by increased rible war now raging in Europe has ter side the Medes, a 36-gun frigate, and deb-division and standardisation. For in- Your directors therefore pra-manded her surrender. It being dusk, the stance, time might be saved by sending the minated. pase the issue of a further 30,000 shares.

The report and accounts were posted French captain believed his vessel to be engines across from the East Coast or any. and a dividend of Tls. 0.80 per share was under the guns of a line-of-battle ship, and other centre to the Clyde, while the boilers vessels built under such arrangements declared for the year ended December 31st, considering defenes fruitless, complied with ght be built in the Midlands, But

the demand of the trader.

Many similar instances in which the orm.would have to conform to the same specifi cations and their parts be made inter merchant ships of the East India Com-change ile, pany were able successfully to resist war The present proptan] is for the State to vessels or privateers occurred. But it was arrange to build 100 oz whatever number cipline resembling that of the Royal Navy probably be of one or, peribly, two types. types was maintained--but merchant vessels of all if it were resolved to build more

In the the should be built in blocks. descriptions, which were armed.

It is proposed that these vessels when: 18th century, it sy be said that there were practically orly two methods of com-built should be allotted to owners in (b) In article 88 the name H. E. Arn-mercial sailing in war time. One was that portion to the number of ships they have hold " substituted for "Arnhold, in which a number of merchanimen met and last through enemy acts. The State would

be Karborg & Co.

proexiled under the protection and convey take the profts and the owner to whom the of a suitable force of men-of-war, and the ships were entrusted would be pad ether, usually practised by the faster sail-agent commission on them. At the ing vessels, was that of going well-armed conclusion of the war the vessels would be and manned, and of relying upon their tonnage proves then to be as great as now by auction, and if the short supply of of the said Article. and the date

own strength and speed to avoid capture seems probable, there would be very little the 28th day of September, 1915" shall be substituted for the dato "the As a rule, such ships carried a valuable chance of nay loss falling on the State.

cargo and their captains were prepared fifth day of October, 1912."

o fight in their defence. That the directors be and they are boroby authorized to isuse 20,000 of the unissued -S. E. Green and A. A. Claxton heat shores of the company subject to the con- Lieut-Colonel Faichnie and Capt. Milner-ditions mentioned in Article 4 of the com pany's articles of association, but other Jons, 6-1, 6-3 Green and Claxton now

Wiso upon such terms as they shall think meet Lieut.-Colonel Crisp and Licut- 0. R. Hamilton in the finol.

It is very unsatisfactory to have to in vite one Portuguese and one English priest to come to preach here occasionally, because, not being in constant contact with

1916.

EXTRAORDINARY MEETING.

At an extraordinary meeting which followed it was resolved that the Articles

annar:

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ESTABLISHED 1850.

SHOES

IN VIOL KID AND TAN CALF.

THEY ARE COMFORTABLE, STYLISH, HARD WEARING, AND FIT

PERFECTLY.

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IN LISLE AND SILK

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THE LATEST IN

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LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

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the community, they may not be so suitable of Association be altered in the following not only the company's ships--in which din of ships abe detersined. They should HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO

ax if they were residents. This is a matter that requires serious and unselfish een- sideration on the part of the eclesiasticni authority, and I shall refrain from further comment.--- Yours respectfully,

W. VERNAS LEACH.

HONGKONG TENNIS

TOURNAMENT.

The following matches were decided last evening:-

PROFESSIONAL PAIRS,

HANDICAP SINGLES "E." Dr. Lindsey Woods (ser.) beat W. J. Morrison (rec, 2-6), 7-5, 6·0.

VETERANS DO VRLES,

Q. Lafrentz and G. Hastings beat the Hon. Mr. Landale and C. E. H. Beavis, 5-6, 0-3, 6-3.

The annual athletic sports in connection with Queen's College were held on the College Recreation Ground at Causeway Bay yesterday. There was a very large gathering of parents and students, and keen interest was evinced by all in the racing. The prizes were presented at the close by Mrs. T. K. Dealy (wife of the Headmaster of the College)..

fit

(4) article I the words the head office shalt not have the meaning therein stated but shall mean office of the company at Shanghai in the Republic of Chips,"

the

(4) In article 118 the pomo H. E

Arnhold shall be substituted for Arnold, Karberg & Co." and the word Secretaries shall be struck out

FIGHTS WITH PRIVATEERS.

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sold

THE MODEL CARGO STEAMER, AD

pro

The type of ship recommended is a cargo steamer about 8,000 tons deadweight, In the autobiography of Captain R. W.serviceable for many trades. The exact Enstwick there is an account of an engage details of measurement and speed would be ment between an armed passenger brig determined by the committee, which should sailing between South America and Eng-be prepared to sacrifice ruthlessly all land and an American privateer: This luxuries and even conveniences which add action was reported e-Time on to the labour and time required for con- May 24th, 1813, on the arrival of the brig.struction. It is questionable, for example,

whether in TO SPRING IN HONGKONG. She carried 10 guns, four and six

the present circumstances pounders, with small arms, and was pre-electric light should be installed. This and In happier lauls, O Spring, with ly res of gold pared with boarding nettings and other other conveniences could be added without On meeting the great expense when the vessels came into equipment for defones, Ecstatic bards go chanting in your praise. strange ship and regarding her opperance the possession of their ultimate owners, The stalwart shephert, pensive by his fold,

QA suspicions the captain went

Such is the scheme broadly outlined. It Awalces the woodlands with his love-sick lays; The lambs, we're toirl, go skipping o'er the leaquarters and without more ade sent a shot is a matter for deliberate consideration into the presumed enemy. The stranger whether, if some such plan be not adopted, Aud fires remain unlit till after tea.

proved to be the American privateer this country is not running a serious rak Anaconda, mounting 20 long 15-pounders of finding itself unable to carry not only and although the brig put up a good fight the cargoes it ought to be able to carry but it was a hopeless task as her guns were out even the bare necessities for the successful ranged. As Eastwick said, "We coprosecution of the war, and at the end of neither fight the super or metal nor run the war of finding its mercantile marine awar from the superior speed."-

at the mercy of the German interned ships and of the nentral fleets.

fair

All these, Spring, are signs that wemay know Your welcome advent and be duly gay: QUEEN'S COLLEGE ANNUAL Yet what delights does this dull island show

To celebrate your fair inaugural day? Do flower-decked youths and maids divinely SPORTS.

Entwine a mystic dance in Statue Square? No sad, shy shepherd, lurking on the Peak, Broods o'er the sea and thinks upon his love; No poets sing the death of winter bleak In Ice House Street our joyful hearts to move; Upon the Cricket Ground no lambs we see Only recruits who skip most dismally. No white-haired elders, merchandise Inid by, With solemn step move slowly to the Club To pour libations and with kindling eye Regard our gambols round a mammoth tub Of flowing beer, whereon a fiddler sits And knocks the strains of Orpheus into fits. Our matrons do not marcob, a stately throng, To Happy Valley garbed in robes of white, And there in swelling choir raise up & sung. Of thanks for scented fells and zephyis

light. No laughing children wander through the Choi; 2, Shin Kwai Bhang,..

streets Hamid, Rotund withcake and sticky faced with sweets High jump-Senior-1 A. Junior-1, Choi Mau Chan; 2. Woo Hang

Yet not entirely ours the blame that thus Him.

Your ancient rites have died; you can't expect That we should kick our heels and make

The results were as follows;- Long jump-Senior-1, A Hamid;, 2. 2. Ng Cham Ching; 3, Wong Pok Hing. Junior-1. Woo Haug Him; 2, Chau Tu Chau; 3. 6. A. Ismail.

100 yards flat-Senior-1, Shamusdeen; Ko Kin Fan. Junior-1, Leung Kit

Hurdle race. Senior-1, A, Hamid; 2, Ko Kin Fan. Junior-1, Woo Hang Him; 2. Ko Yau Cheong.

300 yards Bat-Senior-1, Shamusdeen; 4. Otsubka, Junior-1, Shin Kwai Shan 2. Choi Mau Chan; 3. S. A. Ismail,

Sack mce-1, Skin Kwai Shang; 2, Jou Yau Chai; 3. Woo Pak Him:

440 yards (Chinese)-1, Ko Kia Fan;. 2. Lau Yau Chi; 3. Ng Cham Ching.

Half-mile-1, Fattydad; 2, Otrubka Three Legged race-Lo Wai Sang and Ko Yau Cheong; 2, Tesi Sai Koi and Li Shiu Pan.

440 yards (open)-1, Shamusdeen; 2. Ng Chan Ching

300 yards old boys'-1, Y. Mahomed; 2, Hessan

Cyce race. Hall; 2. Choi Man Ping, One ile Hat,-1, Fattydad, Throwing cricket ball-1 Hal. Relay team race.-1. Taumati School. Senior championship-Hamid. Junior championship-Woo Hang Him,

fugs

When we behold our summer suitings wrecked By mouldy growths on every blooming thing Bred of your mists and rains, jocund Spring

YINK IN.

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William Richardson, whose experiences afloat from 1788 to 1830 were published under the title of "A Mariner of England," has several references to the cations of arm- ed merchant ships His father commanded a small vessel trading te ween the Tyne and the Thane. She mounted six guns and had loopholes through the coomings of the hatchways to five small arms through. On one voyage when off Finaiborough Head a catter privater hove in sight, and he res lates wha followed :-

CANADIAN CASUALTIES.

A TOTAL OF 13.868-

The total ensunities in the Canadian Forces are DGW:-

Killed

2.335

Died of Woundz Deaths from Sicknes Wounded Missing

098

298

9:235

1012

Total

13,868

It being war time, we immediately clear ed away for action, so that we could fight seer, and trim the sails below without . nan on the upper deck. Thus prepared, we waited boldly for her; and she soon came and passed so close ahead that we thought she would have carried away our

boom. So my father hailed and said muzzle of a wooden gun, made all the noise if they did not keep further off he would and had the appearance when rid of fire into them. Their answer was, Fire being an actual discharge from the piece, and be damned. Whether it was that By these means they hoped to frighten any fleet of light colliers was coming up astern small privateer, and did, indeed, when or seeing our resolution, I don't know, for attacked by a strange brig, manage to she kept on her course towards the landscape safely into port, and left is,Bhe mounted 10 guns and her decks were full of men,

These amples might be matplied. It could be shown how the Mount Vernon, Richardson mentions that when he was Captain Darby, an American armed mer- at Falmouth in 1803 the Kitty, Captain chantman sailing from Salem to Gibraltar Musgrave, an outward bound South Bes in 1700, had several engagements with whaler, arrived with a Spanish privateer French and Spanish privateers, and in of superior force which she had captured every care beat them off, th, act ons genry- in the Bay of Biscay after an hour's activa,ally beginning by the trader opening fire WE WOODEN GUNS, OR before her assailants made any show of Even the whalers were obliged to carry summoning her to stop Captain Darby guns. James Choyce, a seaman, who is never hesitated, but reais ng that it was 1793 was an apprentice in the South Sea

a case of successful defenes or capture, hs whale fishery, describes how on the home attacked on sight MAA BAA ward passage, after leaving St. Helena, his W. L. D. F. A. P. ship bring a dull sailor was left behind by 511 the conrog with another slow vessel, The

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.

UNITED SERVICES LEAGUE.

TABLE TO DATE.

Gals.

6. I 1 10

RE. K.G.A KS.L

3

H. K. Volunteers 84 Navy

Another case very much in point is that

of the Atlas, an American privater from the Duware, which in 1812 met two Eng-

3 13 Swanler carried 34 8x-pounders and four high merchant ships, and was attacked by £ 38 6 9 wooden ones, and with paint she was made them as soon as the showed her coours. 27 40 to look as warlike as possible. The other Nothing cou'd be clearer, indeed from a 80 5 3 6 17

ship had only two real guns, but she made perusal of the accounts relating to armed The remaining match R.E v. RG.A. in 14 of wood and mounted them. The seamen merchant ships than that they redom waited fixed for Saturday, 29th April, 4.30, Club also knotted up rope yarns round a gun- to be summoned by any ship once her hostile

powder cartridge. One of thess tied to the intent was perceived or even suspected. Ground,

WEST RIVER STEAMERS.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAQ STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., AND CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

Retorn

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

Bingle Fire by Night Steamer

(ailable also for return

by day steamer) Single Fare by Day Skamer

torn

·RONGKONG TO CANTON. I

8. HONAM.

10 p.m. KINSHAN,

*

$6,00

·

14.00

5.00 -9.00

CANTON TO HONGKONG.

TUESDAY, 18TH APRIL, "1916.

& a.m. HEUNGSHAN. 6 pm. FATSHIN.

WEDNESDAY, 19TH APRIL, 1916.

tam, HEUNGSHAN 10 p.m. FATSHAN.

8.8. SUI TAI, Tosa 1,61)

8. HONAM.

5 p.m. KINSHÄN.

HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.

:

8.8. TAISHAN, Toni 2,008. HONGKONG TO MACAO. Wook days st 8 s.m. and 2 p.m.. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Whack dundam at 9 *.. and 1. p., from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf

MACAO TO HONGKONG

Week days at 7.50 1.m. sud 2 pm. Sundays at 7,3€ xm, and 3 pm,

EXCURSION TO

MACAO.

SUNDAY, 23RD APRIL, 1916.

Che Company's New Bismship.

“TAISHAN"

Wall depart from the Company's WING LOK STEKET WEAR #1 9 naz, and return from limono at 7 pm.

N.B-The Company will also ran Steamer from Macno on Sunday xi 7,80 a.me and from Hongkong at 1 p.m., from the Company's Wing Lok Street Whart,"

FARES AS USUAL.

MACAO-CANTON LINE.

Departures from Mao to Canton yn Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 9 p.m.§ Departures from Cantos to Macao on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, sl 430 pm, JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.. THE CHINA NAVIGATION/CO., LTD.. AND THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. CANTON-WUCHOW LINE.

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- 8.8.- BAINAMI, 588 tons, and 8.8. NANNING, 569 tox Ons of the above Steamers leaves Canton for Wuchow every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, si about & a.m., and the other leaves Wuchow for Canton on the same dayı a18.30 am. Hound trips take about 5 days. Passenger can return to Hongkong or vise versa by lhs Company's direct Steamen LINTAN and SANUL These vesela hays superior Cabin

commodation and are lighted throughout by electricity. Electric Fan in osah Cabin Booking Office open daily (Sunday excepted) 9m, to 5 p.m... Further particulars may le obtained at the Office of the

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT Co., LTD.,

Hotel Masions (First Floor), opposite the Blake Pier,

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FROM HONGKONG TO CANTON

BY THE PEARL RIVER,”

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PRICE

Hongkong

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